Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
WHO SHALL BE NONINaREpls
MT. BIaIns's Strength Compared with That
of the Other Candidates.
CHICAGO Tribune CRepl


Chicago Tribune (Rep.)
The Chicago Tribune is not al present
urging the candidacy of Mr.. Blaine or
any other Republican, believing it to be
premature. If it can be shown that any
other candidate is stronger than Mr..
Blaine in the pivotal states, the Tribune
will be for that candidate, but in the
meantime it is matter open to discussion
who the candidate Is, or where he is, who
is stronger than Mr.. Blaine. That IS
what Republicans went TO know.
1t was but short time ago that the
! Mugwump organs of New York and
Massachusetts were asked whether they
would support Senator Sherman, Senator
Allison, Senator Harrison, Senator Haw-
ley or any other strong party man like
either of them. They replied at once
that they would not; that they had been
''put into new relations and new at
mosphere," and that they should support
Cleveland; from which it is apparent that
the only way for the Republicans to get
back the Mugwumps is to support Cleve-
land 1t is evident that neither of these
four Republican leaders-and we may add
to the list Senator Windom-can carry
the Mugwump vote.
Can either one Of the five win back the
prohibition vote? The question can only
be answered in the negative. The prohi-
bitlonists did not draw out of the party
from hostility to any leader in it, but for
their fanstical devotion to cOercive teeto-
talism as q mode of preventing liquor
drinking. They could be secured by sup
porting ST. John, but are Republicans
ready for this2 The third class Of seces-
sionists is the Knights Of Labor Republi-
cans. Can any of the hve-including
Windom-get them back? Is there any
way of securing their votes except by
adopting platform of Georgeisms and
supporting George? These are the three
classes of secessionists in the three pivo-
tai states of New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut. The other northern states
may be safely left to take care of them
selves.
If, then, not one Of these candidates,
nor any other "stIong party man like
them" can command these votes, what is
to be gained by throwing over Mr.. Blaine?
How is any one of them to be elected any
more easily than Mr.. Blaine? Admit
that Mr.. Blaine cannot get the mugwump
vote of New York, neither can any one of
the five. But there is q vote Mr.. Blaine
can get that neither one of the others can
command. In 1884 he secured from 3d.
900 to 10000 votes of Democratic Irish
men who with any other Republican can
didate would have voted the Democratic
ticket. Should he DE the candidate in
1883 he msy be counted upon to carry be-
tween 10000 and 10000 Irish votes in
New York. With these votes who is
there that will not vote for him that Will
support any one of the others?
Let US look little at the operation OF
the Mugwump and Irish vote in that state.
In 1884 Cleveland, with the solid Mug
wump vote, carried New York over Blaine
with his Irish vote by l047. The next
year the Democrats nominated the spoils-
man Hill for Governor. The Mugwumps
agreed to support Davenport, who was
very popular, if the Republicans would
put him up. The Irish, of course, voted
for Hill, and Davenport, after getting the
MugWump vote, was beaten by ll,134.
Last fall the Democrats nominated Peck
ham, who was Hot esteemed popular, fofsI
Supreme Judge The Irish voted for him
and he beat Daniels, judge Of great per-
sonal Popularity, for whom the Mugs
wumps; voted Solid, By 1918.